What did Allen and Gary play?
Allen used a Firebird. And Gary used a Les Paul. You can listen to those old Skynyrd records and you can pick out who’s playing what, because everybody sounds so different. Actually there’s one writer who put it perfect, he said in Skynyrd you had really James Burton, Paul Kossoff, and Eric Clapton kind of playing in the same band. Can you talk a little about how you wrote the solos to “Sweet Home Alabama” in your sleep? Gary had done some part of it and then you went home and finished it in your dreams? Well, when I came to rehearsal that day Gary was playing this riff that you can hear in the verses. It’s not the main riff that I play; it’s a part that he plays. And as soon as I picked up the guitar I immediately bounced off his riff. And that’s when Ronnie looked at me and he gave me this whirling sign with his finger, like keep going, keep playing that over and over. And so I mean if it hadn’t been for Gary writing his part, I never would have written my part. And once I heard what
